In article
comcast.com>,
"PC Guy" hotmail.com> wrote:
>> In article
comcast.com>,
>> "PC Guy" hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> In article <8JOdnRNVgaNMqM3VnZ2dnUVZ_h3inZ2d@
comcast.com>,
>>>> "PC Guy"
hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> In article <8npv445qhl87jklfapj0javn5k4to070g2@
4ax.com>,
>>>>>> Mayor of R'lyeh
gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:30:30 -0600, David Moyer
world.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>a very good read from one the most hardcore Windows Users on the
>>>>>>>>planet.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Paul Thurrott -- June 10, 2008
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"I cannot stress this enough: You need to get an iPhone. Sooner
>>>>>>>>rather
>>>>>>>>than later. With Apple dropping the entry price on this innovative
>>>>>>>>device to just $200, while fixing all of the major issues I
>>>>>>>>described
>>>>>>>>in
>>>>>>>>How Apple Can Fix the iPhone in 2008, there are precious few
>>>>>>>>reasons
>>>>>>>>to
>>>>>>>>ignore this seismic shift in mobile and cloud computing. I've said
>>>>>>>>it
>>>>>>>>before and I'll say it again: The iPhone is a dramatically
>>>>>>>>important
>>>>>>>>computing platform and one you should not ignore. Trust me, once
>>>>>>>>you've
>>>>>>>>used an iPhone, that Blackberry or Windows Mobile device you're
>>>>>>>>settling
>>>>>>>>on now will seem like ancient Soviet-era technology by
>>>>>>>>comparison."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>much more here....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/iphone3g_preview.asp
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
http://www.apple.com/iphone/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "What bothers me most about that Thurrot site is he posts short
>>>>>>> "sound
>>>>>>> bite" comments with no critical analysis, and hides behind the fact
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> the site does not accept comments. I can see why, since nearly
>>>>>>> every
>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>> of his posts would be refuted by relevant facts. Still, the
>>>>>>> solution
>>>>>>> should be for Thurrot to clean up his reporting, not disallow
>>>>>>> comments. "
>>>>>>>
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/bde33da9cee4
>>>>>>> d6a
>>>>>>> 3?d
>>>>>>> mod
>>>>>>> e=source
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Seems that Mr. Thurrot doesn't understand a lot of stuff: "
>>>>>>>
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.mac.advocacy/msg/4d3cdbea6948
>>>>>>> cee
>>>>>>> f?d
>>>>>>> mod
>>>>>>> e=source
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Among many others.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems that Paul Thurott's opinion is worthless and
>>>>>>> uninformed...unless he says something positive about an Apple
>>>>>>> product.
>>>>>>> Then he becomes a beacon of truth and righteousness cutting through
>>>>>>> the night. And the Maccies wonder why we are so amused by them. 8)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You are apparently unfamiliar with the concept of "statement against
>>>>>> interest"...
>>>>>
>>>>> We sure are. It's the concept you try to invoke every time you attempt
>>>>> to
>>>>> weasel out of your previous argument that conflicts with your current
>>>>> argument.
>>>>
>>>> Give an example...
>>
>> Sorry, but "Take a look at this thread" isn't providing an example.
>
> What's it like to just throw away facts that you don't like?
You presented no facts.
I asked for an example. That would involve you providing a quote of my
text and then explaining how it fits your claim.
You provided nothing like that.
--
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"I checked Apple's web pages" -- Edwin on the iPhone
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'I claimed nothing about GEM other than it was available software for the
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